Garment hanger and brush



May 2, 1933. o. E. sxnEN 1,906,488

GARMENT HANGER AND BRUSH Filed May 3, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l Zi 23 593 556 5f 48 36.

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ATTORN EY May 2, 1933' o. E. smEN 1,906,488

GARMENT HANGER AND BRUSH Filed May 5, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR @70E www M ATjroRNEY BYHWQM y Patented May 2, 1933 y g A UNITI-:D STATES rATENToF-ics Application led May 3, 1930.V Serial No. 449,445.

This invention relates to a combined garsuitable manner and when desirable the head menthanger and brush particularly adapted may be made in one part instead vof in a for Ause by travelers .inasmuch as it s-so multiplicity `,of parts. Irrespective of the constructed that the parts are extensible for manner in which the head is made it is fitted use and contractible for non-'use in order with suitable bristles, as indicated at 14, 55- that when not iny use the article may be in order to nconstitute abrush. Y packed in a valise, or asuit case, and does The topor upper surface of the head is nottheii occupy any greater space than an preferably convex longitudinally, as indi-` ordinary clothes brush of like dimensions. cated at 15. ,In oppositely disposed posilo In carrying out the invention the articlel tions in the sides of the brush head adjacent 601 made in accordance therewith preferably nthe ends thereof there are grooves which chicles a head member in which there are as illustratedare indicatedat 16 `and 17 at suitably secured the necessaryi bristles to one end of the brush head and at 1,8 and 19 make the brush, together withv hanger melnat the other end thereof. These grooves are bers which are slidable toand form positions also .convex longitudinally and preferably 65 for use and non-use and whenvin the non* extend' inpositions parallel with the upper use positions are caused to lie in ytheir subsurface 'ofy 4the brush head. Intermediate of stantial entirety within the head member. the grooves 16 and 18 there isa recess 2O The article also includes suitable clip or in one side of the brush heed and inter- 204clamp devices for engagingand supportingl mediate `of the grooves 17 and 19 there is 7o the garment, together with means for susa` recess 2l in theopposite sidefof the brush pending the article and the garments carried heed, These recesses 20 and 21 also` extend: thereby from a rail, or hook, or othersuplongitudinally of the brush head and the port, as will be hereinafter IIlOle partullrupper and lower walls defining the saine are ly described. Y also convex so as tobersubstantially parallel 15V In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan of the to the top of the brush head. It isto be garment hanger and brush made in accordnoted that' the grooves 16 and 17` es illus- 211106 With my Present IlVeIllOIl, trated extend from the lower or inner porL Fig. 2 S 2L Sido @16172151011 thereof, tions of the recesses 20 and 21 while the Fig'. 3 S 2111 @11d elevtOIl, grooves 18 and 19v extendfrom `the upper or e0 Fig 4 S .2L SGCOIl 0D lill@ @1r-4, Fgl, outer portions of these recesses, both sets Fig 5 S a Sid@ SleViLOIl ShOWIlg the of grooves extending tothe ends of the brush Parts @Xtellded OI USG, and head. In theends of the brush head there Fgo is a PofSPootVo VoW of one of the are'notches 24 'and 25, the purpose of which loop hanger momlooswill hereinafter appear. v 85 In the form of the lnvontlon as 11h15' The article also includes a pair of hanger tmtod in tho drawings the gamont hongo/I members preferably in the forni of wire and .brush made in accordance with this in' loops indicatedV at 26 and 27. The Vhanger 40 vention is constructed to include a head loop 27 comprises Oppositely disposed legs member This head member is preferably- 28 and 29 and an end 30. The extremities 9 a two part structure. One of the parts of l fthe le s 28 and 29 are inturned to form the head is indicated at 10 and the other O- g part'of the head is indicated at 11. The hooksV 3l. and .T1118 legs 28 fand 29 parts of the head are preferably rectangular are curved. longitudinally to con orin to in plan and coextensive with one another, the Convoxlty of tho tol) of tho boSh these part-s being secured together by means body and the grooves 18 and 19 1Il Whloh of suitable screws 12 and 13 passing through the 1.6.61 2 8 Mld 29 .ft and 1n which the member 1l and into the member 10. they are Shdablea The hanger loop 26 1s- It will be understood, however, that vthese. similarly constructed to include legs 33 and parts of the head may be connected in any 34 curved longitudinally and an end V35 100 which, like the end 30, is straight. The legs 33 and 34 fit within the grooves 17 and 16 in which they are slidable. The extremities of the legs 33 and 34 are inturned to provide hooks, as indicated at 36 and 37.

The width of the recesses 20 and 21 is approximately equal to twice the diameter of the legs of the hanger vloop members whereby, as will be understood, when these hanger loop members are in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for example, the inner portions of the legs thereof lie in super-imposed positions within the recesses and the ends and 35 of the hanger loop members abut against the ends of the brush body.v

The recesses 24 and 25 are provided in the ends of the brush head, as hereinbefore described, in order to make it possible to readily grasp the ends of the hanger loop members to withdraw them from the loop body, that is, to extend them to position for use, as shown in Fig. 5. The brush head is provided with sets of stopy pins 38 and 39, and 40 andV 41. These stop pins pass through the recessed spaces 20 and 21 and are so placed that the hooks 31 and 32 at the ends of the legs of the hanger loop 27 when extended engage the stop pins 38 and 39 to limit the extent of the outward movement of this hanger loop. In likeV manner the stop pins 40 and 41 are so placed as to beV engaged by the hooks 36 and 37 at the extremities of the legs of the loop hanger 26 in order to limit the'extent of the outward movement thereof. This is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

It will now be readily apparent that with the loop hangers thus extended a coat, or vest, or both garments, or a gown, or skirt, or similar garment, may be placed on the article which may be used as a hanger for the same.

The invention also contemplates the use vof a set of clips orclamps associated with the brush head in such a manneras to cooperate therewith in engaging and suspending a garment therefrom. The clips are indicated at 42 and 43. These may be made of suitable spring steel, or other like material, and are secured to the brush head by. means of screws 44 and 45 associated with the clip 42, and screws 46 and 47 associated with the clip 43. Each of these clips is similarly constructed and as clearly illustrated, for example, in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is provided with a portion adapted to extend across the top of the brush head and to be secured thereto with portions 48 and 49 which are oppositely curved and extend beyondthe brush head, together with inturned portions 50 and 51 which may be suitably curved or otherwise to conform G5, generally with the longitudinally disposed grooves 22 and 23, with the ends of the clip terminating in inturned portions 52 and 53 which extend appreciably below the outer surface of the member 11 of the brush head. The normal relationship of the side of each clip to the sides of the brush head is such that there is an appreciable space between them and in view of the relatively resilient material of which the clips'are made a portion of a garment may be passed between the ides of the clip and the sides of the brush head and be engaged by the clip with sufficient friction to support the garment, for example, as indicated in Fig. 3, the lower end of one leg of a pair of trousers may be placed beneath the clip or clips at one side ofthe brush and the end of the other trouser leg beneath ythe clip or clips at the other sideof the brush andthe trousers thus suspended, or obviously if two pairs of trousers are to be suspended the ends of both legs of each pair are each passed beneath the clips on the-same side'of `the brush head orlThe edges of this Agroove are preferably par-V allel, as indicated'at 59 and 60. When inl its non-use position the hook..54 and the shank members 55 and-56 Vthereof extend in a position longitudinally ofthe brush head and the shank members lie within the groove 58 with the outer shank member 55 lying against the kface of the edge 59 and these parts may be shifted sufficiently far to cause the hook 54 to frictionally engage the upper surfaces of the brush head with suicient pressure to normally maintain the hook and its shank ,in their inoperative positions, as shown in Fig. 1. Obviously also the hook may be moved to the left, as viewed in Fig. 1 and when the screw eyeis at the base of the loop between the hook and the shanks, as shown in Fig.v 5, to suspend the article and any and all garments suspended thereby from any suitable support such as a rod, or rail, or closet hook.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a combination brush and garment hanger, a brush member having longitudinal grooves on opposite sides thereof, said grooves extending the lengthof the member, a plurality of resilient clips lsecured to the brush member and extending over the longitudinally grooved sides thereof, the ex-` los and suitably spaced therefrom so as to receive therebetween a portion of a garment to frietionally retain the same in a suspended position at either side of the brush.

2. In a combination brush and garment hanger, a brush member having a longitudinal groove in one side and throughout the length thereof, a plurality of clips secured to the brush member and extending over the longitudinally grooved side, said extending clip portions being resilient and shaped t0 coliform to the curvature in the groove at the side of the brush to thereby facilitate the suspension of a garment.

Signed by me this 28 day of April, 1930.

OTTO E. SIDEN. 

